~A guest review by Frog-kun~ This is a review for the My Big Sister Lives in a Fantasy World light novel series, written by Tsuyoshi Fujitaka and illustrated by An2A. The series consists of seven volumes, which were first published by Hobby Japan Bunko in 2013. The English edition was first released by J-Novel Club… Read More Guest Review: My Big Sister Lives in a Fantasy World (Vol 1-7)
For general information on this novel: Magical Girl Raising Project entry This review is for the second volume of Magical Girl Raising Project. This series is written by Asari Endou and features illustrations by Marui-no. The third volume is set to release March 20, 2018. There are 10 volumes in Japan at the moment, plus… Read More Review: Magical Girl Raising Project (Vol 2)
For general information on this series: Book Girl entry This review is for the seventh and eighth volumes of Book Girl by Mizuki Nomura (with art by Miho Takeoka). The English editions were released by Yen Press in July 2013 and January 2014, and the entirety of the eight-volume series has made it over. Note… Read More Review: Book Girl and the Scribe Who Faced God
For general information on this novel: My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as I Expected entry This review is for the third volume of My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as I Expected, AKA Oregairu. This series is written by Wataru Watari and features illustrations by Ponkan8. So far there are three volumes available in… Read More Review: My Youth Romantic Comedy (Vol 3)
It looks cute. It looks like a normal light novel with a mysterious transfer student à la Suzumiya Haruhi. And it looks like a short read you can take on a bus ride home. You might be a bit skeptical over the title, Run Over; that sounds like it is referring to roadkill or something like that. But… Read More JPN Review: Run Over
There aren’t that many reviews of light novels targeted at women and there sure aren’t that many reviews of light novels that are actually short story collections. Sayonara Arurukan, translated to something like Farewell, Harlequin, by Himuro Saeko is an interesting book because it is those two and a bit more. For one, the cover doesn’t… Read More JPN Review: Sayonara Arukakan
